St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-09
40 you on matters of business, or any
hing of the kind. Your mouth

.dea that You cannot quit cursing is
lie, You can, but You don't want to
hat is the trouble. You have got Il.
lea i is a big thing to rip and snort anV
wear around laughter as if it scarct
somebody. tell you with seventeen
years experience along that line, /
KNOW from practical observation thai
the biggest curSers are the biggest COW
ards; only used rs cloak to cover III
lheir pusillanimity. They are braNg
when it comes to ripping and snortinc
who to curse mighty well. Plenty OF
men around this town, bigger swearerS
than you are, you do not dare to CURSE,
and You wouldn't think of doing it, be
cause he would land You in the middle
Of next week, and you would loose Il
part of Your allotted time ON earth before
you came back. You can't talk to giants;
you knoys who to swear at. You
know how to buster around your wife
at home. you know how to fool your
children by your ripping and swearing.
and making them think you are just n
terror on wheels" You say You cannot
quit tirinking-that you are obliged to
drink. That is lie, You know. You
fishing with party of men. and YOU
will drink yourself blind staggering
drunk. Next week you go out with a
party of ladies, your wife and children,
and you will go all day and not drink
any. What is the difference? Simply
this: One time you made up your mind
You wouldn't, and the other time you
made up your mind that you would
That is all there is to it. You just go
around this city inside of the dead line,
or into any part of the whole United
States of America tomorrow, and
INJECT ENOUGH LIGHTNING POISON
into eycsy din k OF whisky in this coun-
try 10 kill man like that as soon as he
drunk gill Of it; and you wouldn't
drink drop OF it, you would find out
sou could quiz. laughter 1t is rot
because you cannot, but it is because
You wont, and that is the secret of the
whole Of it. That is the truth of the
whole of it. Why haven't YOU got the
honesty, the grit and manhood at least
to say: Il don't want TO quit drinking;
l don't want to quit swearing; | don't
want 10 Quit SHINING, because wont 90
it. don't want to. | am determined to
act the dog with my elf and everybody
else The law of the Lord is perfect,
converting the soul" And if Il man
viii take the law of God and enact i in
his life and say: by this law vii,
m"h ~ tHi9 INV VIII lulh pA tlllS
law | will act; by this law ! will I've"
other basis or platform i'll the
world than that you know it is the per-
feet law from God, and apply it to your
acts, you cannot travel far under the
domination of that lsw until you will
see il is so perfect, so well adjusted to
the demands of your nature, and so full
of peace, Joy and righteousness. that
the love of God will just break out III
your nature, and your soul will turn to
God as inStinctively as the needle turns
to the pole. The law of God is per-
feet" because it leads and draws towards
God. And when you put yourself
within the law of God, everywhere else
you turn you find there is something
unlawful and something wrong, and
when you turn from it here, and turn
from it there, and turn from it OH all
hands, you find the only open road for
you is towards God. The law of the
Lord IS perfect, converting your SOUL"
and it will do it as inevitably as man
will submit himself to it. The law is
our Schoolmaster.
TIE LAW Is OUR sCHooLMASTER
to Christ. If you will follow the law of
God a'ld follow it implicitly the very
first thing You know you are running
right up into the presence of Christ, be-
cause the law leads to Christ, and
Christ is the end OF the law fortnight
eouSncss sake. You getin between the
two walls of the law of God. your duty
to God on the one hand and your duty
to your fellow men on the other. and
walk in between these two bulwarkS of
safety built around The yard of right
eousnesS and they will lead you right to
Jesus Christ, and when you get to him
that is the end of the law, for righteous
ness sake. for then YOU reach the right
eous one, ard then you have no more
use for the law. You see how to live,
how to speak and how to do. fully dem
Onstrated in The person Of Christ. And
if | want TO do what is lawfrl', and right
according TO God, and save my soul
alive, / need the law until | get to
Christ, and | cannot afford nor dare |
dispense with the law until | do get to
Christ. And the only reason why | can
dispense with it then.is; because can
see it fulfilled inu Christ. Now
| have got the letter; there =;
have got the demonstration of Jesus
Christ as the demonstration and the eX-
ampler of the law of God. And as Job
you: not l." 1t does not require any
preacher in this country to tell you you
are sinner. You confess it yourself.
Your own life teStifieS against you.
Every time you are heard TO swear, that
is an open testimony that you are sim
ner. Ever time you go drinking whisky,
there Is q testimony of your own lips
that you are sinner. Every time you
speak harShly and speak in words of
anger and in words of blaSphemy, there
is a testimony against you. The place
where you go, the things you do. the
language OF your heart as it forms itself
on your LIS, all these testify against
you; and not only testify against you
here among men, but | tell you, brother,
when YOU face the eternal Judgment bar
of Cod, you are going to find that your
easiest way out of horrible situation
will be
TO PLEAD GUILTY YOURSELF.
When the wicked man forsaketh and
and turaeth away, turneth away from
the Wickedness that he hath committed,
and doeth that which is lawful and right,
he shall save his soul alive: and hat is
the one thought | want 70 impress upon
you now, and then | am done for this
afternoon. God knows that you cannot
rectify the evil of your lives; God knows
that you cannot 90 back and rctrace
your steps, and correct all the evil of
your lives, either 70 your human COM
panionS or to your own SCARED and
scared soul, but to God himself. There
is but one way in which contentment
can come to Your souls and satisfaction
come to the heart of God with reference
to you, and that is through the blood of
the Lord Jesus Christ. by which you are
cleansed, purified and redeemed, and
justified before God. And God SAYS,
Coming TO me through Christ, my son.
who was pure and SpotleSS,
and who gave himself for
you, receive you; accept the atone